• Resources for creating a webquest

  • Help with designing tasks-

    • “Taskonomy- a Taxonomy of Tasks”

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html
or, view as a cluster chart: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/tasksimap/

• Task ideas with examples: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/designpatterns/all.htm
• Process- question stems based on Bloom’s taxonomy

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/dalton.htm

• Locating websites for differentiated learning

  • “Borrow” websites from other webquests that you liked
  • Go to the LMC resources page for links and passwords for the following
    • Nettrekker “safe search engine”
      • leveled, teacher-approved websites
    • Enchanted learning
      • Web pages at an easier reading level
      • Worksheets
      • Picture dictionaries
    • Circulation system (Destiny)
      • WebPath Express
      • Library search- online sources
      • Resource lists
  • When using other search engines, check sites for readability, appropriateness, credibility, and accuracy
    • Readability test: http://juicystudio.com/services/readability.php#readweb
    
    

• Publishing your webquest

  • Copy template for a webquest

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/templates/lesson-template1.htm
· or, create your own using a Word document or a wiki

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• More Webquest Resources:

  • Rules for writing a great webquest
    • http://webquest.sdsu.edu/documents/focus.pdf
  • Home of the Webquest: http://webquest.org/
  • Internet expeditions: http://eduscapes.com/sessions/travel/index.htm
  • Webquest 101: http://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-a.shtml
  • Article about creating webquests: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech011.shtml
  • Article about best practices: Braun, Linda W. "In virtual pursuit: Linda W. Braun maps out the best practices for using webquests to teach kids information literacy fundamentals. (training: lessons in the art of instruction)." School Library Journal 47.11 (2001): S32+. General OneFile. Web. 14 Jan. 2010. <http://find.galegroup.com/gps/start.do?prodId=IPS&userGroupName=s0002>.